About 2000 volunteers from the Odessa region wanted to join in the ranks of the “Offensive Guard” in the past ten days

About 600 people applied to the “Lyut” (Fury) brigade of the National Police of Ukraine, more than 150 people to the border guards, and more than 1,110 candidates to the National Guard. Representatives of these law enforcement agencies told about this during a briefing at Media Center Ukraine Odesa: Oleksandr Gostishchev, deputy chief of the Main directorate of the National police in the Odesa region – commander of the unified detachment of the National police “Tsunami”; Denys Ryzhuk, deputy head of staff of the Southern Regional Directorate; Serhii Yaschishin, senior officer of the Southern Department of procurement of the image and publishing Center of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Oleksandr Gostishchev said the assault brigade of the National Police “Lyut” (Fury) includes an assault battalion, two assault regiments and an artillery regiment. “Across Ukraine, more than 8,000 civilians have applied for the selection process that has already begun. In the Odesa region, there are 300 civilians and about 300 police officers. Anyone wishing to join the brigade can submit their application on the storm.mvs.gov.ua website, apply through the Centers for the provision of administrative services or come to the location of the units,” the officer noted.

Oleksander Gostishchev also said that women can join the ranks of the brigade, depending on the level of training. “We have girls who work at the headquarters, there are UAV operators, and there are also paramedics working in assault groups,” the officer added.

Denys Ryzhuk said that the “Staleviy kordon” (Steel border) is being formed on the basis of the 15th Border Detachment. The skeleton of the unit is the military who participated in the hostilities in Mariupol, Luhansk and Bakhmut areas. Anti-tank, anti-aircraft and UAV units will be formed in the brigade. “Across the country, volunteers filled out more than 2,700 forms, in the south of Ukraine 950 people applied to the TsNAP, and almost 150 forms were submitted. Women can also join us as psychologists or staff deputies,” the officer added.

6 brigades are formed in the National Guard. “You can join the ranks of the assault brigades of the National Guard in the Odesa region through nine centers for the provision of administrative services, two of which operate in Odesa. For 10 days, 370 candidates applied to us through the centers, 230 of them – in the city of Odessa. And through the site storm.mvs.gov.ua, the Southern Odessa Territorial Administration of the National Guard received 742 applications,” said Serhii Yashchyshyn, senior officer of the Southern Department of Acquisition of the Image and Publishing Center of the National Guard of Ukraine.

He also added that women are being recruited into the ranks of the assault brigades as doctors.

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